Curtain-fixture.



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WILLIAM BITNER, OF TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN- FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,991, dated October 31, 1899.

Application ilecl August 23, 1899.

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BEITNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Traverse City, in the county of Grand Traverse and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain- Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures, and more particularly to that subclass thereof known as poles and brackets.

The main objects in View are to produce a fixture of this kind wherein the poles can be removed from the brackets without interfering with or disturbing the end trimmings; wherein, therefore, the curtains may be removed from the poles or applied thereto; wherein, also, two curtains may be draped from the poles and yet the device have the appearance of employing but one pole, and, finally, wherein soft-wood poles may be employed.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a curtain-fixture embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view through one of the brackets and the adjacent end of a pole, and Figs. 4 and 5 are inner face views or elevations of the two brackets.

be changed at will, and I therefore do not Serial No. '728,171- (No model.)

wish to bev understood as limiting my invention to just the design herein illustrated.

The inner face of the bracket 2 is provided with a pair of circular countersunken sockets or recesses o 3, the same being in horizontal alinement and spaced a short distance apart. The opposing or corresponding face of the opposite or companion bracket l is likewise provided with a pair of similar circular countersunken sockets 4 4, which communicate and mutually at their outer sides merge into a gradually-restricted neck or passage 5, the width of which is about equal to the diameter of either of the; said sockets.

Conceutric with the front socket of each bracket l and 2 is located an end trimming or ornamental knob 6, the same being secured at its inner end by threading upon a screw 7, which is passed from the inner side of the bracket through and beyond the same. These end trimmings or knobs may be of any desired design and are intended to be permanently iixed in position, although it will be apparent that they may be removed very readily should it become desirable.

I, as before stated, adapt the iXture for supporting two curtains or draperies and for this reason employ a front pole 8 and a rear pole 9. These poles are in all respects similar, and each is designed to support independently a curtain or drapery, as the case may be. The poles are separately inserted in the following manner: One end of the pole is first inserted in one of the sockets of the bracket 2, after which the opposite end is lowered through the passage 5 into the corresponding socket of the opposite bracket. The remaining pole is then placed in position in a similar manner. It will be observed that the poles may be removed, one at a time, in a similar manner. The curtains or draperies are slipped over the poles or supported thereon by rings, all as usual. It will be apparent that the removal of the poles or their insertion in the brackets will in no wise disturb the end trimmings, which latter have the appearance of being secured to the ends ofthe front pole. It will also be apparent that the rear pole is screened from view by the front pole, so that the fixture has the appearance of employing but a single pole IOC from which two curtains or draperies are suspended. By securing the end trimmings to the hard-Wood brackets they remain undisturbed, and hence poles of ordinary cheap soft Wood may be employed.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a curtain-iixture, the combination with a pair of brackets, each having a pair of pole-receiving sockets, and one of said brackets having a pole-passage common to both of its said sockets, of a pair of poles removably located in said sockets.

2. In a curtain-iixtlu'e, the combination with a pair of brackets, each of Which is provided on its inner face wit-h a pair of polesockets, one of said brackets having a restricted passage leading to the sockets therein, a pair of poles having their ends seated in said sockets, and end trimmings secured to the outer sides of the brackets in line with the front pole.

3. In a curtain-fixture, the combination with a pair of brackets, each of which is provided at its inner side with a pair of polesockets, one of said brackets having a re-V stricted passage leading to the sockets, and a pair of poles removably mounted in the said sockets.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIAM BEITNER. fitnessesz EDWIN S. PRATT, ll. C. Davis. 

